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What a find this weekend! Don’t you love it when you find something cool that’s practically in your backyard!?
JP and I were going to check out Blowing Rocks Preserve, but when I called my brother – C1 – to see if he and the fam wanted to join, he suggested Coral Cove Park instead. Just south of Blowing Rocks (and north of the Jupiter Inlet), Coral Cove Park is a two-acre artificial reef and a great place to get our snorkel on! The reef started practically at the shoreline; ankle-deep and you’re already stepping on reef. The water clarity was pretty good, and the fish were everywhere. Parrot fish, puffer fish, sea urchins…the scenery was great!
Have I mentioned today how awesome our underwater camera is?! Check out the underwater video we got along with some other pics on our Flickr page 
Thanks for the recommendation, C1!!
Buh-bye. That’s exactly what one town is saying to bottled water. Residents of Bundanoon, New South Wales, voted to ban the sale of bottled water in their town.
It was the second blow to Australia’s beverage industry in one day: Hours earlier, the New South Wales state premier banned all state departments and agencies from buying bottled water, calling it a waste of money and natural resources.
“We’re hoping it will act as a catalyst to people’s memories to remember the days when we did not have bottled water,” he said. “What is ‘Evian‘ spelled backwards? ‘Naive.’”
I hate buying water. I am a sucker for a bottled beverage, true that. Why do they have to put the little cooler of tasty beverages right by the check out lane!? But, water? Even if I want water, I won’t buy it - instead I’ll opt to purchase a tea or soda.
In any event, a neat victory Down Under. And I hope it sends a message to the bottled water industry – and hopefully to other parts of the world! Read the entire article here.
And they say stoners are lazy. Well, not those in Australia – that is, if you’re a wallaby. Straight from the headlines: Stoned wallabies make Australian crop circles. I would much rather read about high macropods than murders anyday.
“We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles,” the state’s top lawmaker Lara Giddings told local media on Thursday.
What’s more, I like that the short article ended on a factoid:
Australia produces about 50 percent of the world’s raw material for morphine and related opiates.
Take that Intervention. Better start planning a franchise series Down Under. (I only have basic cable, and fortunately, A&E is one of my choices. Whenever I hear the theme music to Intervention, I tune out everything. The drama of going from star ____ (insert talent) to dead beat ____ (insert drug/alcohol) addict is intense. I’m so addicted…I think I need an intervention…)
You know it’s summer when the 4-day weather forecast is: humid-hot-muggy-warm. Ahhh, summer. I felt the humidity just typing that. I know I wrote that letter to Humidity awhile back (here it is), but…that was then. This is now. Anywho, summer means sun. And a great place to catch some sun – Peanut Island. It’s the teeniest little island sitting in the Intracoastal, close to the Port of Palm Beach, just north of the bridge on Northlake. If you’re in Palm Beach County, this is a must-do! Boaters, paddle boarders, kayakers, canoers…everybody that’s mobile via water is there! Even the dogs! Everybody is there to have a good time. Makeshift volleyball nets are up. Footballs are flying around. Rays are swimming under your feet. Burgers are being grilled. Oh, you can’t forget the awesomeness of that crystal blue, clear water! It’s a great reminder that we’re back in South Florida. Good times, good times.
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